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Check Out Our Clearance
 
Center at 90 Raddall Ave!

For a limited time Metro will be 
offering an extra 30% off of our 
already low clearance sticker 
price.
 

Burnside Showroom
90 Raddall Avenue
Burnside Industrial Park
Dartmouth, NS B3B 1T2

Tel: 902.468.4373
Fax: 902.468.2354

Mon to Fri - 8am to 5pm

All Locations and Hours
Clearance Items
Code Rack Frame Size Style Qty. Color Low
E/A

Price

CW822-02 400 E 13-7/8" x 82-3/8" Fixed w/Transom 2 Ivory Yes 252.50
CD003-01 803 B 14-3/4" x 82-1/2" Sidelite 1 White No $390.00
CW441-01 800 M 15-3/8" x 54-1/2" Casement 2 White No $160.00
CW221-01 903 M 17" x 71" Fixed 1 White No $99.00
CW050-07 800 M 18" x 30" Casement 1 Brown No $100.00
CW341-01 801 M 18-3/4" x 61-7/8" Fixed 1 White No $158.75
CLW456 800 M 19" x 44" Casement 1 Ivory Yes  
CW753-01 800 M 19-1/2" x 26" Diamond 1 Brown No $392.70
CW971-04 802 B 19-1/2" x 47-3/8" Single Hung 1 White Yes $227.50
CW791-03 700 B 19-1/2" x 60-7/8" Casement 1 White Yes $216.36
CW161-02 803 B 19-1/2" x 63-1/2" Single Hung 1 White No $188.95
CW161-02 701 B 19-1/2" x 64" Single Hung 1 White No $188.95
CW571-09 801 B 19-1/4" x 49-1/4" Double Hung 1 White No $192.28
CW071-02 901 T 19-3/4" x 55" Ext 1/4 Round 1 Custom No $150.00
CW321-01 803 B 20" x 54-1/4" Casement 1 White Yes $135.75
CW321-02 803 B 20" x 54-1/4" Casement 1 White Yes $135.75
CW012-01 800 M 20-1/2" x 47-3/4" Fixed 2 White Yes $233.50
CW021-05 802 T 21-1/4" x 32" Single Hung 1 Custom Yes $159.00
CW794-01 803 B 22-1/4" x 62-1/2" Ext. 1/4 Round 1 White Yes $552.25
CW631-04 802 M 23" x 39" Awning 1 White No $160.00
CW202-04 802 T 23" x 44-3/4" Casement 1 Ivory Yes $220.85
CW102-03 801 M 23" x 61-1/8" Casement 1 White Yes $223.50
CW420-01 902 T 23-1/2" x 23-1/2" Fixed 1 Custom No $30.00
CW043-01 800 M 23-1/2" x 47-1/2" Single Hung 1 White No $377.75
CW570-01 803 B 23-1/2" x 60" Single Hung 1 White Yes $100.00
CW172-01 800 M 23-1/2" x 61-1/2" Single Hung 1 White No $179.00
CW001-08 902 T 23-3/4" x 39-1/2" Single Hung 1 Custom Yes $129.00
CW030-05 902 T 23-3/4" x 55-1/4" Fixed 1 White No $90.00
CW060-02 903 M 23-3/8" x 70-7/8" Casement 1 White Yes $100.00
CW002-04 801 M 24" x 47-7/8" Fixed 1 White No $239.00
CW991-01 801 M 24" x 56" Single Hung 1 White Yes $220.25
CW021-06 803 B 24" x 60" Single Hung 1 White No $169.00
CW314-01 803 B 24" x 65-1/2" Double Hung 1 Custom Yes $458.75
CW012-04 903 M 24" x 72" Fixed 1 White No $247.50
CW571-07 701 B 24" x 76" Fixed w/Transom 1 White No $205.65
CW062-05 801 B 24-1/4" x 52-1/2" Casement 1 Ivory Yes $288.50
CW362-01 700 B 24-1/4" x 60-1/2" Casement 1 Ivory Yes $291.75
CW055-01 900 E 24-1/4" x 86-3/4" Mixed? 1 Custom No $611.50
CW002-08 903 M 25-3/4" x 65-1/2" Casement 1 White Yes $189.00
CW681-01 803 B 26" x 61" Fixed w/Transom 1 White Yes $206.50
CW323-01 802 B 27-1/2" x 37-1/2" Single Hung 1 White No $358.25
CW030-04 900 T 27-1/2" x 42-1/4" Casement 1 White No $99.00
CW152-01 802 T 27-1/2" x 48-1/8" Casement 1 Ivory Yes $278.50
CW992-01 900 T 27-1/2" x 53-1/2" Single Hung 1 White Yes $175.50
CW052-01 802 B 27-1/2" x 53-1/4" Casement 1 White Yes $319.25
CW021-04 801 M 27-1/2" x 53-3/4" Single Hung 1 White No $169.00
CW702-01 902 T 27-1/2" x 54-1/2" Fixed 2 Natural No $230.50
CW432-02 700 B 27-1/2" x 64-1/2" Casement 1 White Yes $216.36
CW513-03 902 T 27-1/2" x 70-1/4" Casement 1 Natural No $350.50
CW513-04 902 T 27-1/2" x 70-1/4" Casement 1 Natural No $350.50
CW491-03 800 M 27-1/8" x 11-3/8" Transom 1 White Yes $215.75
CW280-01 802 M 27-3/4" x 21-5/8" Fixed 2 White Yes $103.90
CW013-01 701 B 27-3/8" x 64-1/4" Trapazoid - Right 1 Ivory Yes $340.30
CW723-01 701 B 27-7/8" x 73-1/4" Trapazoid - Left 1 Ivory Yes $359.03
CW053-01 803 B 28" x 60" Casement 1 White Yes $388.75
CW842-01 803 B 28-3/4" x 63-3/8" Double Hung 1 White Yes $275.25
CW002-07 902 T 28-3/8" x 36" Casement 1 Custom No $239.00
CW052-08 801 M 28-3/8" x 36-3/4" Fixed 1 Custom Yes $279.00
CW412-01 902 T 29" x 35" Fixed 1 White Yes $237.75
CW932-04 700 B 29" x 70" Casement 1 White Yes $262.40
CW051-09 800 B 29-1/2" x 53-1/2" Casement 1 White No $179.00
CW411-01 800 M 29-1/4" x 13-1/4" Horizontal Slider 1 White No $126.50
CW011-03 800 B 29-1/4" x 57-1/2" Casement 1 White No $169.00
CW050-08 800 M 30" x 18" Horizontal Slider 1 Brown No $100.00
CW891-02 701 B 30" x 72" Single Hung 2 White No $219.25
CW251-01 904 B 30-1/4" x 24-1/4" Casement 1 White Yes $167.75
CW141-05 802 M 30-5/8" x 34-1/8" Fixed 2 White Yes $156.25
CW573-02 902 T 31" x 46" Single Hung 1 White No $299.00
CW052-07 701 B 31-1/2" x 81" Ext 1/2 Round 1 White No $348.00
CW932-03 802 T 31-3/4" x 40-5/8" Awning 1 Ivory Yes $265.50
CW472-01 903 B 31-3/8" x 71-3/4" Double Hung 1 White Yes $304.25
CD002-03 400 B 32" Single Door 1 Natural No $219.40
CD005-01 700 E 32" Single Door 1 White No $499.00
CD022-01 700 E 32" Single Door 1 White No $300.00
CD582-02 703 B 32" Single Door 1 White No $313.35
CD318-01 704 B 32" Garden Door 1 White No $902.50
CD472-01 702 B 32" Single Door 1 White Yes $303.75
CD446-01 702 B 32" Single Door 1 White No $715.50
CW062-03 801 B 32" x 40" Awning 1 White Yes $305.25
CW062-03 802 B 32" x 40" Awning 1 White Yes $305.25
CW611-01 801 B 32" x 55" Storm Window 1 White No $128.25
CW161-04 801 M 32-1/2" x 28" Single Hung 2 White Yes $177.75
CW412-02 800 B 32-1/2" x 57-1/2" Single Hung 1 White Yes $236.75
CW062-01 802 M 32-1/2" x 59-1/4" Single Hung 1 Black Yes $287.75
CW702-02 900 T 32-1/2" x 59-3/4" Single Hung 1 White No $242.75
CW921-01 901 T 32-3/4" x 26" Horizontal Slider 1 White Yes $143.25
CD001-07 800 M 33-1/2" x 12" Transom 1 Natural No $50.00
CW030-07 904 B 33-1/2" x 33-1/2" Diamond 1 White Yes $60.00
CW030-06 904 B 33-1/2" x 33-1/2" Fixed 1 White Yes $60.00
CW035-01 700 B 33-1/2" x 61" Double Hung 1 Black Yes $588.75
CW052-11 903 M 33-1/4" x 67-1/4" Fixed 3 White No $299.00
CW980-01 903 M 33-3/8" x 38" Fixed 1 Natural No $98.75
CW252-02 701 B 33-3/8" x 69" Single Hung 1 White Yes $279.25
CW946-01 400 E 33-3/8" x 82-3/8" Fixed w/Transom 2 Ivory Yes $720.50
CD852-03 702 B 34" Single Door 1 Natural No $286.50
CD0051-01 700 E 34" Double Door 1 White No $1,666.75
CD512-01 700 B 34" Single Door 1 Natural No $238.75
CD053-04 702 B 34" Single Door 1 White No $388.75
CD612-03 702 B 34" Single Door 1 Natural No $239.75
CD846-01 703 B 34" Single Door 1 White No $712.50
CD856-01 703 B 34" Single Door 1 White No $730.25
CD8211-01 704 B 34" Single Door 1 White No $1,252.95
CD056-02 704 B 34" Garden Door 1 White Yes $722.25
CD852-04 702 B 34" Single Door 1 White Yes $286.50
CW382-01 904 B 34" x 63" Single Hung 1 White Yes $314.50
CW902-01 801 B 34-1/4" x 46" Double Hung 1 White No $261.95
CW856-01 800 B 34-1/8" x 54-1/4" Ext 1/2 Round 1 White Yes $730.50
CW082-01 701 B 34-7/8" x 66" Single Hung 1 White Yes $329.25
CW371-02 904 B 35-1/2" x 37" Single Hung 1 White Yes $192.50
CW032-02 802 B 35-1/2" x 41-1/2" Double Hung 1 White No $255.75
CW002-03 701 B 35-1/2" x 61-1/2" SH w/Transom 1 White No $306.00
CW002-05 701 B 35-1/2" x 61-1/2" Single Hung 1 White No $189.00
CW591-03 903 B 35-1/2" x 63-1/2" Fixed 2 White No $215.75
CW051-13 903 B 35-1/2" x 75-3/4" Fixed w/Transom 1 White No $175.00
CW524-01 802 B 35-3/4" x 37-7/8" Casement 1 Custom No $499.75
CW962-01 802 M 35-3/4" x 52-7/8" Fixed 1 White Yes $315.85
CW714-01 800 B 35-3/4" x 59-3/4" Fixed 1 White Yes $463.50
CW001-07 802 B 35-5/8" x 39-1/2" Casement 1 Custom Yes $132.00
CW014-03 801 B 35-5/8" x 49-3/8" Single Hung 1 White No $455.75
CW813-01 800 B 35-7/8" x 54-5/8" Single Hung 1 White Yes $352.75
CD712-02 702 B 36" Single Door 1 Natural No $241.50
CD325-01 702 B 36" Single Door 1 White No $580.75
CD8911-01 702 B 36" Single Door 1 White No $1,331.25
CD005-02 703 B 36" Double Door 1 White No $555.75
CD917-01 703 B 36" Single Door 1 White No $798.75
CD086-02 703 B 36" Single Door 1 White No $755.75
CD534-01 703 B 36" Double Door 1 White No $478.50
CD2271-01 704 B 36" Double Door 1 White Yes $1,912.50
CD103-01 100 E 36" Single Door 1 White Yes $334.50
CD062-03 702 B 36" Single Door 1 White No $287.75
CD405-01 702 B 36" Single Door 1 White Yes $559.50
CW002-10 800 B 36" x 36" Single Hung 1 White Yes $221.20
CW052-10 902 T 36" x 36" Casement 1 White Yes $299.00
CW061-02 903 B 36" x 54" Double Hung 1 White Yes $179.00
CW381-02 803 B 36" x 60" Fixed 1 White Yes $202.75
CW001-04 704 B 36" x 67-1/2" Double Hung 1 Ivory No $200.00
CW901-04 801 M 36-3/4" x 25-3/4" Fixed 1 White Yes $120.50
CW901-01 801 M 36-3/4" x 25-3/4" Fixed 1 White Yes $120.50
CW491-08 801 B 36-3/4" x 43-1/4" Casement 1 White No $212.69
CW462-01 802 B 37-3/4" x 38-3/4" Casement 1 White Yes $292.75
CW014-01 802 M 37-3/4" x 40-1/4" Double Hung 1 White Yes $455.75
CW103-02 800 M 38" x 16-1/2" Fixed 2 White Yes $353.75
CW941-02 802 M 38" x 37-1/2" Horizontal Slider 1 White No $155.00
LU021-3 801 B 38-1/4" x 45-3/4" Casement 1 White Yes  
CW862-02 802 B 38-5/8" x 34" Casement 1 White Yes $297.50
CW593-01 801 B 38-7/8" x 49-1/4" Combo 1 White Yes $463.75
CW021-08 902 T 39-1/2" x 39-1/2" Fixed 1 White No $140.00
  800 B 39-1/2" x 55-1/4" Casement 1 Green No  
CW372-02 904 B 39-1/4" x 65-3/8" Single Hung 1 White No $348.25
CW052-06 800 B 39-3/4" x 52-5/8" Fixed 1 White No $277.75
CW712-01 802 B 39-7/8" x 37-1/4" Single Hung 1 White Yes $240.75
CLW372 801 B 40" x 48" Awning 1 White Yes $283.95
CW100-02 903 B 40" x 66" Double Hung 1 White Yes $250.00
CW854-01 800 B 40-3/4" x 52-3/4" Fixed 1 White Yes $508.85
CW852-01 802 M 41" x 36" Fixed 1 White Yes $286.75
CW921-02 904 B 41-1/2" x 26-1/4" Horizontal Slider 1 White Yes $142.75
CW781-04 904 B 41-1/2" x 55-1/2" Fixed 1 White Yes $207.50
CW005-02 803 B 41-1/2" x 101" Double Hung 1 White Yes $588.25
CW972-01 800 B 41-7/8" x 54" HS Combo 1 White Yes $327.85
CW871-02 803 B 42" x 65-1/2" Fixed 1 White Yes $209.25
CW041-04 801 M 43-1/4" x 27-3/4" Fixed 1 White No $155.25
CW681-02 901 T 44-1/2" x 38" Horizontal Slider 2 White Yes $206.50
CW161-03 901 T 44-1/2" x 38" Horizontal Slider 2 White Yes $178.50
CW002-04 802 M 45-1/2" x 33-1/4" Fixed 1 White Yes $239.00
CW342-01 903 B 45-1/4" x 61-3/4" Fixed 1 White No $269.75
CW023-03 800 B 45-3/4" x 56-3/8" Double Hung 1 White No $369.00
CW521-02 800 M 45-5/8" x 12" Transom 1 White Yes $139.00
CW543-04 801 M 46" x 19" Tilt & Turn 1 White No $383.75
CW753-01 801 M 46" x 35" Trapazoid 1 Custom No $395.75
CW843-04 100 E 46" x 78" Single Hung 1 White Yes $385.95
CW342-02 803 B 46" x 70-3/4" Fixed 2 White No $285.50
CW062-06 802 B 46-1/2" x 37-1/8" Awning 1 White Yes $285.28
CW142-05   46-1/2" x 31-1/4" Casement 1 White Yes $267.50
CW202-03 801 B 47-1/2" x 47-1/2" Fixed 1 White No $237.75
CW546-01 803 B 47-1/2" x 63" Casement 1 Custom No $716.75
CW355-01 700 B 47-1/4" x 71-1/2" Extended Arch 1 White Yes $613.75
CW232-01 801 M 47-1/8" x 30-5/8" Casement 1 White No $257.25
CW903-01 802 M 47-3/4" x 32" Casement 1 White Yes $363.50
CW092-02 701 B 48-1/4" x 52-3/4" Single Hung 1 White Yes $322.50
CW271-01 801 M 48-1/8" x 24-1/4" Fixed 1 White Yes $190.75
CW951-01 901 B 48-1/8" x 54-1/4" Fixed 1 White Yes $176.75
CW883-01 704 B 48-7/8" x 71" HS Combo 1 White Yes $430.50
CW322-01 800 M 49-1/2" x 23-1/2" Fixed 1 White No $246.50
CW662-04 802 M 49-1/2" x 32-1/4" Casement 1 White Yes $295.50
CW051-01 802 B 49-1/4" x 43-1/2" Fixed 1 Brown No $150.00
CW922-02 802 M 49-5/8" x 36-3/4" Horizontal Slider 1 White Yes $254.35
CD537-01 704 B 5 foot Renaissance 1 White Yes $917.75
CW003-02 800 B 50" x 55-1/2" Casement 1 White Yes $379.50
CW104-01 800 B 50-1/2" x 55-1/2" Fixed 1 White No $470.75
CW522-04 904 B 51-7/8" x 51-7/8" Fixed 1 White Yes $286.95
CW662-03 802 B 52-1/2" x 33-1/2" Casement 1 White Yes $312.50
CW004-02 802 M 52-1/8" x 35-7/8" Awning 4 White Yes $444.50
CW741-02 802 M 53" x 28-3/4" Fixed 1 White No $172.50
CW012-03 801 B 53-1/2" x 53" Fixed 1 White No $299.00
CW002-04 800 B 53-1/2" x 56-1/2" Fixed 1 White Yes $229.00
CW716-01 902 B 53-1/2" x 56-1/2" Fixed 1 White Yes $685.75
CW128-01 902 B 54" x 78" Extended Arch 1 White Yes $903.07
CW881-04 802 M 55" x 29-1/4" Horizontal Slider 1 White Yes $208.75
CLW09 801 B 55" x 47-1/4" Casement 1 White No $444.50
CW471-01 903 M 58-1/8" x 29-1/2" Horizontal Slider 1 White Yes $192.50
CW023-02 904 B 58-1/8" x 55-1/2" Single Hung 1 White No $354.50
CW224-01 901 B 58-3/4" x 54-3/4" Casement 1 Ivory No $468.75
CW854-02 903 M 59" x 30" Half Round 1 White Yes $508.25
CW043-03 901 B 59" x 53-1/2" Fixed 1 White No $399.25
CW223-01 902 B 59-1/2" x 55-1/2" Fixed 2 Ivory Yes $357.75
CD051-01 703 B 6 foot Terrace Door 1 Beige No $166.75
CD007-01 703 B 6 foot Garden Door 1 White No $777.75
  703 B 6 foot Imagine 1 White No $1,066.66
CD0871-01 704 B 6 foot Patio Door 1 White Yes $1,977.75
CD4311-01 704 B 6 foot Patio Door 1 White Yes $1,259.50
CW025-01 902 B 60-1/4" x 64" Single Hung 1 White Yes $611.50
CW093-01 903 B 61-1/2" x 39-3/4" Casement 1 White Yes $457.75
CW815-10 803 B 61-1/2" x 42" Fixed 1 White Yes $575.75
CW856-02 800 B 61-1/2" x 52-3/4" Casement 1 White Yes $731.25
CW603-02 903 M 61-5/8" x 32-3/8" Casement 1 White Yes $359.50
CW242-05 801 B 62" x 37-3/8" Horizontal Slider 1 White No $308.50
CW003-03 902 B 63" x 66" Single Hung 1 White Yes $389.00
CW743-01 901 B 64" x 48" Fixed 1 White Yes $385.25
CW587-01 Trailer 65-1/2" x 44-1/4" Bay 1 White No $872.25
CW206-01 903 B 65-5/8" x 42" Half Round 1 White No $668.75
CW444-01 903 B 66-1/2" x 39-1/4" Awning 1 White Yes $493.33
CW004-03 902 B 66-1/2" x 48-3/4" Awning/Fixed 1 White Yes $614.00
CW857-01 803 B 66-1/2" x 94-1/2" Trapazoid - Left 1 White No $891.75
CW857-02 803 B 66-1/2" x 94-1/2" Trapazoid - Right 1 White No $891.75
CW763-02 903 B 67-3/8" x 40-3/4" Trapazoid - Left 1 White Yes $406.75
CW458-01 900 B 68-3/8" x 45-3/4" Fixed w/1/2round 1 White Yes $947.85
CW383-01 901 B 69-1/2" x 28-3/4" Casement 1 White Yes $425.50
CW694-01 901 B 69-1/4" x 71-1/2" Single Hung 1 White Yes $550.50
CW006-02 901 B 69-3/4" x 47-1/2" Casement 1 White Yes $705.75
CW386-01 Trailer 69-3/4" x 68-3/4" Bay 1 White Yes $682.99
CW815-02 902 B 70" x 72-5/8" Fixed Trapazoid 1 White No $150.00
CW622-01 900 B 70-1/8" x 23-1/2" Single Hung 1 White Yes $250.75
CW874-01 704 B 70-1/8" x 63-1/2" Single Hung 1 White Yes $531.50
CW543-02 901 B 70-3/8" x 45-1/2" Casement 1 White No $382.50
CW543-03 901 B 70-3/8" x 45-1/2" Casement 1 White No $382.50
CW523-04 903 M 70-7/8" x 29-7/8" Single Hung 1 White Yes $360.25
CW055-03 902 B 72" x 52-1/4" Fixed 1 White No $659.00
CW058-01 902 B 72" x 65" Casement 1 White No $989.00
CW464-02 902 B 72" x 68" Fixed 1 White Yes $515.50
CW005-01 901 B 72-1/8" x 60" Gothic 1 White No $500.00
CW484-01 701 B 73-1/4" x 63-3/4" Fixed 1 Black Yes $484.00
CW232-03 900 T 74-1/2" x 32" Casement 1 White No $257.25
CW073-01 902 B 75" x 47-3/4" Fixed 1 White Yes $410.50
CW454-03 704 B 75" x 53-7/8" Casement 1 White Yes $503.75
CW782-02 803 B 78" x 43-1/2" Polygon 1 White No $337.25
CW466-01 902 B 78-7/8" x 69-7/8" Double Hung 1 White Yes $780.25
CD8911-02 300 B 8 foot Patio Door 1 White Yes $1,330.50
CW746-01 Trailer 81" x 32-1/2" Bay 1 White No $718.50
CW724-01 903 B 81-1/2" x 40-1/8" Casement 1 White Yes $474.50
CW002-06 901 B 83-1/2" x 30" Casement 1 White Yes $266.00
CW1321-01 900 B 84" x 88" Casement 1 White Yes $1,367.50
CW938-01 Trailer 85-3/4" x 32-3/8" Bay 1 White Yes $931.86
CW6041-01 700 E 86-3/4" x 99-3/8" Single Hung 1 White Yes $1,561.75
CW737-01 Trailer 88-3/4" x 64-3/8" Bay 1 White No $818.75
CW045-01 900 B 88-5/8" x 45-1/2" Casement 2 White Yes $689.25
CW102-02 803 B 89-3/4" x 24-1/4" Fixed 1 White Yes $235.75
CW007-01 900 E 91" x 64-1/4" SH / Fixed / SH 1 Ivory Yes $822.75
CW056-01 900 B 91-3/8" x 56-1/2" Double Hung 1 White Yes $764.75
CW5421-01 Trailer 93" x 61-1/4" Bow 1 White Yes $1,383.50
CW253-01 900 B 96" x 24" Single Hung 1 White Yes $390.75
CW878-02 900 B 98" x 62" Double Hung 1 Ivory Yes $974.75
CD003-01 801 M   Transom 1 White No $390.00
CW9101-01 900 B 107" x 71-1/2" Fireplace Window 1 White Yes $1,131.75
CW4721-01 Trailer 108" x 66-3/4" 45 Degree Bay 1 White Yes $1,414.50
CW549-01 900 B 109" x 82-1/2" Single Hung 1 White Yes $1,048.95
CW053-02 900 B 111-3/4" x 32" Casement 1 White No $438.75
CW276-01 205 B 113-1/2" x 56-1/2" Casement 1 White Yes $746.50
CW146-01 900 B 117-1/4" x 39" Casement 1 White No $711.99
CW964-01 900 B 122-5/8" x 33-3/4" Single Hung 1 White Yes $515.87
CW1211-01 Trailer 123-1/4" x 64-1/4" Bow 1 White Yes $1,244.75
 
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